Deck 2: Indias State Reorganization and Independence Movement

Question 1

It was only in 1938 at its ..............Session that the Congress included the independence of the princely states as well in its goal of Poorna Swaraj.

A)haripura
B)travancore
C)mysore
D)hyderabad

Answer 1

haripura

Question 2

The Tripura Session ................ decided that the organisation should involve itself closely with the movements in the princely states.

A)1919
B)1925
C)1939
D)1937

Answer 2

1939

Question 3

................became the president of the AISPC in 1939.

A)jawaharlal nehru
B)lord mountbatten
C)sardar patel
D)v.p.menon

Answer 3

jawaharlal nehru

Question 4

................. presided over the Udaipur and Gwalior Sessions of the AISPC (1945 & 47) and declared at Gwalior that the states refusing to join the constituent Assembly would be treated as hostile.

A)jawaharlal nehru
B)mahatma gandhi
C)w.c.banerji
D)gokhale

Question 5

............... had decided in June 1947 to become an independent state, and it was followed by Hyderabad.

A)travancore
B)malabar
C)cochi
D)manglore

Question 6

...................is called as Iron man of India.

A)mahatma gandhi
B)lord mountbatten
C)jawaharlal nehru
D)sardar patel

Question 7

By August 15, ................all states geographically contiguous to India, except Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad and Junagadh, had acceded to India by signing the Instrument of Accession.

A)1937
B)1947
C)1949
D)1957

Question 8

Junagadh in ...................whose population was overwhelmingly Hindu (80%), was ruled by a Muslim ruler.

A)kathiwar
B)hyderabad
C)mysore
D)kashmir

Question 9

In the case of Jammu and Kashmir, the conditions were the reverse, with the ruler being a ................. and the population, } overwhelmingly Muslim (75%).

A)muslim
B)parsi
C)sikhs
D)hindu

Question 10

The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949 and came into force on 26th January ......................

A)1940
B)1947
C)1948
D)1950

Question 11

The constitutional head of the Executive of the Union is the ..........

A)president
B)prime minister
C)finance minister
D)chief minister

Question 12

As per Article .............. of the Constitution of India, the council of the Parliament of the Union consists of the President and two Houses to be known as the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha).

A)39
B)49
C)59
D)79

Question 13

Article ...............of the Constitution provides that there shall be a Council of Ministers with a Prime Minister as its head to aid and advice the President, who shall exercise his functions in accordance to the advice.

A)54(i)
B)64(i)
C)71 (i)
D)74 (i)

Question 14

On October 19, 1952, .............., a devout follower of Mahatma Gandhi, began a fast-unto-death in demanding that a separate state be carved out of the province of Madras for its Telugu- speaking population.

A)potti sriramulu
B)jawaharlal nehru
C)v.k. krishna menon
D)john mathai

Question 15

The formation of a States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in ................. which was charged with 'preservation….of unity and security of India'.

A)1903
B)1913
C)1923
D)1953

Question 16

The first major reorganization of Indian states based on linguistic characteristics occurred in...............

A)1906
B)1916
C)1936
D)1956

Question 17

The States Reorganization Commission appointed by the Prime Minister in December .............. discarded the demand for the formation of a separate Punjabi-speaking state.

A)1903
B)1913
C)1943
D)1953

Question 18

The Akali Dal representing the Sikhs of ............. launched an agitation for reorganisation of the province on the basis of linguistic homogeneity.

A)punjab
B)nepal
C)haryana
D)gujarat

Question 19

When a war between India and Pakistan seemed imminent in 1965, .................., the President of the Akali Dal, refusing to suspend the agitation affirmed that "the country is dear but Punjabi Suba [state] is dearer."

A)sant fateh singh
B)v.k. krishna menon
C)w.c.banerji
D)tilak

Question 20

..............., was a leader of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS)

A)k chandrasekhara rao
B)jawaharlal nehru
C)sant fateh singh
D)sardar patel

Question 21

India's Union Minister of Home Affairs Mr. P. Chidambaram announced on December 9, 2009, that the government intended to start the process of forming a separate .............state.

A)telangana
B)kashmir
C)satara
D)nagapur

Question 22

..............ended his 11-day fast on the hospital bed, expressing his delight that it was a "true victory of the people of Telangana".

A)k. chandrasekhara rao
B)jawaharlal nehru
C)gokhale
D)tilak

Question 23

.............is considered to be the architect of modern India.

A)jawaharlal nehru
B)v.k. krishna menon
C)sardar patel
D)mahatma gandhi

Question 24

................ can be said to be one of the greatest international influences on Nehru, but Gandhi's ideals of Satyagraha also influenced him to a great degree.

A)capitalism
B)socialism
C)mercantilism
D)communism

Question 25

The Panchasheel agreement of 1954 was between New Delhi and...............

A)dhaka
B)belgrade
C)karachi
D)peking